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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT
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WE ARE PROPOSING TO REPEAL SECTION 238 OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894. THE UNITED KINGDOM SIGNED BUT HAS NOT YET RATIFIED THE ABOLITION OF FORCED LABOUR CONVENTION 1957 PROPOSED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CAN AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS). THE DELAY IN RATIFICATION HAS BEEN CAUSED BY A NUMBER OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WHICH HAVE NOW LARGELY BEEN TERMINATED.
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AS REGARDS UK LEGISLATION, THE 1894 ACT ORIGINALLY APPLIED IN THE UK AND ALL COLONIES. IN 1970, IT WAS REPLACED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY SECTION 89 OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1970 BUT CONTINUED TO APPLY TO COLONIES. THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1988 PROVIDED FOR THE REPEAL OF SECTION 89 OF THE 1970 ACT, BUT THE REPEAL HAS YET TO BE EFFECTED. NOW WITH THE TERMINATION OF THE REMAINING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO REPEAL THE SECTION REGARDING DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND THE
UNITED KINGDOM CAN THEN RATIFY THE ABOLITION OF FORCED LABOUR CONVENTION 1957.
3. HAVE YOU ANY OBJECTION TO OUR PROCEEDING AS PROPOSED?
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